Category: About me

I’m gonna give this whole blogging thing another try. Generally I’m pretty terrible at such things, as proven by the spotty state of posts on my previous blog. However, I’m going to try again with a slightly different approach: shorter posts, lots of hockey, and whatever else strikes my fancy at the moment.

First a bit about me for anyone who doesn’t already know me! I’m from New York, I did my undergrad at Wheaton College in Massachusetts (no, not in any way affiliated with the one in Illinois) and my masters at University of Toronto, I’m currently staying with a friend in Ottawa, and am a massive hockey fan. I read rather a lot, love tv shows and music, write a little and draw less (but love both a great deal), and have really, really long hair. I’m also really hoping to move to Montreal very soon…

I’m an avid hockey fan, as will rapidly become clear from talking to me for any length of time. I am, first and foremost a Montreal Canadiens fan and a Team Canada fan (yes I’m from the States. Shhhhh!!). However I’ve also been dragged into rooting for teams like the Anaheim Ducks (yes there’s a logic to that one which one day will be explained), the New York Islanders (they’re moving within walking distance of where I grew up), the Leafs (this is all Steve Dangle‘s fault), and the Penguins (CROSBY), as well as the AHL affiliates of the Habs and Ducks (the Ice Caps and the Gulls respectively) and the ECHL Utah Grizzlies, where this whole hockey obsession began (one day I’ll tell that story too). Somehow along the way (it’s all Lars Eller’s fault) I also became a huge fan of perpetual underdog worlds team, Denmark (that’s gonna come up again in a few seconds).

I did both my degrees in Medieval Studies (specifically focusing on England and Scandinavia from roughly the 400s to the 1200s), I studied Latin for 5 years (and am shockingly bad at it for the amount of work I’ve put into it…), Old English for three-ish years, and Old Norse for a bit as well. My first and greatest love in this area, though, is (and always will be) Beowulf (there’s a story there too which I may get to one day).

About Me

I'm a hockey obsessed New Yorker and Montreal Canadiens fan, currently living in Salt Lake City. I have a B.A. and M.A. in Medieval Studies, but have decided academia is not for me. I write for Habs Eyes on the Prize, and am the publicist for the Utah Grizzlies' booster club.